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Friday, 12 September 2014

Shadow Dancer by Addison Kline

Book 1 in the Shadow Series

Release Day: September 12, 2014!

Synopsis

Some secrets should just stay buried. On the day Tristan Morrow is born her mother goes missing, prompting an investigation that produces no solid leads. Fast forward 15 years, and the Morrow family still doesn’t know the truth behind Catherine Morrow’s disappearance. When 15 year old Tristan is required to write a biography on her mother for a school assignment, she learns the truth about her mother’s fate, and is hell-bent upon finding out who was responsible for her death. But when Tristan herself goes missing too, everyone is suspect, even her own father. Set in rural Fox Hollow, PA, Shadow Dancer unravels a web of lies, deceit, madness and corruption. Can investigators crack the case before Tristan meets the same fate as her mother? And who is responsible for the disappearances? There is much uncertainty as the investigation unfolds, but there is one thing that is certain: Tristan Morrow holds the master key to the entire riddle.

The twist of a knife shredded Niko Kincaid’s world all around him, leaving him with two choices—accept his fate and die, or fight to live.
He chose to fight, but the aftermath became a daily reminder, carved into his once flawless flesh.
Despite years of self-imposed solitude, Niko hungers for companionship and suffers from an aching loneliness that the darkness cannot satisfy. He temporarily soothes his pain with women, hired women, whose only purpose is to service him. Easy.
He didn’t expect a complication like Cambree Evans, but desperation corrupts even the most innocent.
When emotions blend with lust, will Cambree's softness and ability to look past Niko's flaws be the one thing that releases him from his own personal hell?
Will the monster in the dark prove that his savaged heart is worth saving?

“I’m not scared of
you,” Cambree’s voice is fragile and shaky when she finally speaks. “I’m scared
of the dark.”

The admission almost
brings me to my knees. I’ve never known someone to be so honest, especially in
my home, where I control everything right down to the temperature, the mood,
the lighting. She is not frightened because she is about to screw a complete
stranger. She is simply scared of the dark like a child. Yet the thought of her
being so forthcoming doesn’t irk me, it makes me feel normal, if only for a few
seconds.

“I cannot help you
there, Miss Evans. You see…I am the darkness. With me you have to accept that
and move on. If that isn’t something you can become accustomed to, then I am
afraid our business deal has ended before we gave it a chance to really
blossom.”

My movement makes
a creaking sound as I step forward on the hardwood floor. I can hear her
breathing growing more erratic as I near. The smell of jasmine fills my
nostrils. The scent is heavenly. “If you want to leave, you know where the door
is.” I hope she doesn’t want to flee my presence already.

Unlike my new guest, my
eyes are used to the dark. Where she fights to see me, I can see her
silhouette perfectly and I use it to my advantage
to drink her up. Cambree stays mute, her body swaying back and forth, her feet
firmly glued to the floor.

“I don’t understand why
you have the lights off. That wasn’t explained to me,” Cambree probes.

“I assume that you read
our agreement very carefully?” I ask, taking another step in her direction,
wondering why she is wondering such imprudent things.

“Yes. Yes, I did. But
never once did it mention anything about the lights.”

My voice now
exasperated drifts like fog in the air. “I hired you under the pretense that
you while you’re here, with me, under my roof, you play by my rules. Rule
number one, I like the lights off. I understand now, that you are frightened of
the dark, and I do not wish for you to be afraid. Next time, I give you my word
to try and be more accommodating to your fears. Now, shall we?”

About the Author

Nacole Stayton is the Amazon Bestselling author of The Upside of Letting Go, as well as other new adult and contemporary romance titles, including A Graceful Mess and In the Lyrics. She is twenty-something years young and currently resides in the Bluegrass State where she spends her days working at a local hospital in the billing department and nights writing vigorously on her current novel. She has a passion for helping others and wears her University of Kentucky gear proudly. While her husband loves all things outdoors, Nacole enjoys the finer things in life, like getting pedicures while reading on her Kindle. She is passionate about her faith, family, and The Vampire Diaries.

A bad boy
wrapped in a sexy, muscled, grown-up package might be worth a little risk…

Molly
Webster has always followed the rules. After an ugly scandal tore apart her
childhood and made her the focus of the media’s harsh spotlight, she vowed to
live an ordinary life. No fame. No impropriety. No pain. Then she meets Zachary
Fox, a tattooed bad boy rocker with a voice like whiskey and sin, and a touch
that could become an addiction.

A
one-night stand with the hottest rock star on the planet, that’s all it was
meant to be…

Fox
promises scorching heat and dangerous pleasure, coaxing Molly to extend their
one-night stand into a one-month fling. After that, he’ll be gone forever, his
life never again intersecting with her own. Sex and sin and sensual indulgence,
all with an expiration date. No ties, no regrets. Too late, Molly realizes it
isn’t only her body that’s become addicted to Fox, but her heart…

Blurb

A drummer for the hottest rock band on the planet, David has a single, powerful
weakness: Thea, the band’s publicist and the woman who steals his breath away
with her every move.

Only problem is, Thea doesn’t date clients—or musicians. Emotionally scarred by
a cheating ex, she’s not about to risk her heart with a man who has groupies
buzzing around him like flies. Even if his sexy smile ties her up in knots.

What she doesn’t know is that David is a one-woman man...and he’s madly in love
with her. David’s determined to prove he’s worth the risk, and willing to court
her, step by exquisite step. Thea’s about to discover just how long and hard
this handsome drummer can play.

Pre-order on Amazon, iTunes &
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NEW YORK TIMES AND USA Today bestselling author of the
Psy-Changeling and Guild Hunter series Nalini Singh usually writes about hot
shapeshifters and dangerous angels. This time around, she decided to write
about a hot and wickedly tempting rock star. If you’re seeing a theme here,
you’re not wrong.

Nalini lives and works in beautiful New Zealand, and is
passionate about writing. If you’d like to explore her other books, you can
find lots of excerpts on her website. Slave
to Sensation is the first book in the
Psy-Changeling series, while Angels’ Blood
is the first book in the Guild Hunter series. Once Rock Addiction is out, swing
by the site to check out the special behind-the-scenes page, complete with
photos of many of the locations used in the book.

I’m Piper Jones, owner and operator or Vipers’ Den; a hair and beauty salon catering to the unconventional. My clients are often referred to as: eccentric, freaks, or misfits.

I’m also single, a fact my mother is less than pleased with. Making it her mission to change my status, she continually sets me up on dates with her friend’s offspring. Only her roster of “gems” is dwindling. Each date is worse than the last.
Then Kade Benson, the one man I have loathed for as long as I can remember, approached me with the most asinine (borderline genius) plan I’d ever heard to rectify both of our situations.
As ludicrous as it is, it might just work.
However, I never expected things to work out the way they did.

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Author Bio

Eliza Brown is a simple little housewife from Cairns, Australia, with a wicked good imagination. She is the mother to three crazily cute kids and the wife of a Sexy Arse Tree Lopper. She is also baby sister to a Certified Nutbag, a Linesman and a Fireman.

Eliza spends her days running around after her kids and jotting down stories that come to her at inconvenient moments in her leather, flower embossed notebook. (She is very particular about her stationary.) Or in her iPhone or iPad or whatever she can get her hands on. (Damn kids keep running off with her stationary.)

When the kids are napping nine times out of ten, you will find Eliza sitting at her computer typing as fast as she can while she can. Generally with her phone wedged between her shoulder and ear bouncing ideas off her sister.

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I received an arc in exchange for an honest review
Just a warning to people that if you don't like dark reads then this isn't the book for you, as there are scenes of violence and taboo subjects.
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It was nice to have Bash's story in print.
I finally got to understand why he did what he did. The pressures that he was under and that he felt that he had only one way out of it.
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This deserves 4.5 stars
This was a dark dark read, only read this if you like dark reads.
Pepper doesn't disappoint with this book, OMG Pepper but where do you get you ideas from this was fantastic.
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**** I received this arc in exchange for an honest review***
This book is about two desperately messed up people who come together.
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